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BFF Elections

Proxy voters named

Sports Reporter
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) election scheduled for Monday could be deferred once again.
This statement will remain a rumour.
In a country where main activities of the game had been rumours and gossips throughout the last one year as football was sent back to the tent, it is difficult to predict what is on the cards.
The latest rumour surfaced after the executive committee members suddenly found out that they do not have any voting rights.
According to the new BFF statutes, the executive committee members cannot vote. It proves that the councillors did not even read the new statutes before approving the amendments of the constitution in an extraordinary general meeting.
The EC members (most of them are candidates for the new election), anxious about their voting rights, tendered their resignations even though the FIFA/AFC had stated that one more resignation from the BFF would bringabanonthe federation.
Who cares? Thanks to BFF president SA Sultan, whose resignation was rejected by FIFA a few months earlier, for not accepting the resignations.
Sultan, however, yesterday killed the rumour saying that the polls would be held on time.
"Yes, some of us feared there would be a directive from the football's world and Asian governing bodies. But I believe if they were interested, a directive would have come at least a week before the election," Sultan told.
"Moreover, the AFC delegation to observe the polls is due to arrive tomorrow. So I don't see any chance of further delays."
An AFC delegation led by its general secretary Dato Paul Mony was due to arrive in the early hours of today while AFC vice-president Monilal Fernando is expected tomorrow to monitor the election.
The FIFA/AFC have given special permission to the BFF to have replacement voters for the executive committee members so that the vote of the clubs or DFAs are not wasted.
REPLACEMENT VOTERS
A total of 14 EC members, out of which 12 are contesting the polls except Sultan and Anwar Hossain Ujjal, cannot vote in the BFF election. Till filing of this report last night, 11 replacement voters were named.
They are: Mobinul Islam (SA
Sultan, Arambagh), Niaz Mohammed Khan (Anwar Hossain Ujjal, Brothers Union), Ahsan Ahmed Aumit (Mojammel Haque Mukta, Bangladesh Boys Club), Mizan (Monir Ahmed, Pratik KC), Habibur Rahman (Azfaruzzaman Sohrab, Muslim Institute), Aminul Islam Suruj (Asaduzzaman Khasru, Barisal Divisional FA), Golam Kuddus Nabi (Abdur Rahim (Dhaka DFA), Faruk (Golam Rasool Mollah, Tangail DFA), Shafiq Ullah (Dewan Arshad Ali, Chandpur DFA), Mahbubul Alam Khan (Golam Rabbani Helal, Barisal DFA), Makbul Hossain (Taibur Rahman, Magura DFA).
CAMPAIGN
After finishing their campaign outside Dhaka, the panel led by Maj Gen (retd) Amin Ahmed Chowdhury will deliver its election manifesto today. On the other hand, the panel led by Kazi Salahuddin was one step ahead in announcing their future programme but left Dhaka yesterday to convince the councillors.
It is believed that Forum, an organisation of district and divisional associations, will be the major force with their stock votes. Also, there have been allegations of involvement of big money to buy voters. WALI'S REPLY
CEO of Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) Col (retd) Wali UUah condemned Kazi Salahuddin for making uncalled for remarks against him.
"Salahuddin has complained that I have been trying to influence the BFF election and threatened councillors in the name of the government administration. This is not true and also unwanted," said Wali in a statement.
"The BOA is working for the development of sports. It is not out job to interfere in matters of a federation. It was proved during the recent BOA election. So I request Salahuddin to withdraw his baseless remarks."